A GRIEVING mum who lost her baby girl just six months ago has slammed a sick Facebook group which mocks dead babies.

The page on networking website Facebook was called Dead Babies Make Me Laugh. It was removed after hundreds of complaints flooded in to the site.

But a new group under the same name has since been formed, listing dozens of twisted “jokes” and racist comments. It has nearly 100 members.

Debbie Gardner, from Hinckley, gave birth to a stillborn daughter, Lara Olivia, in May and was told about the website by some friends she had made through a support group.

‘Disgusting’

Debbie, who has a daughter, Evie, three with husband Jamie has since deactivated her Facebook account. She said: “It’s disturbing and I was in floods of tears – you just don’t expect these sorts of groups to be set up.

“It’s just really sick and it makes me so angry and hurt. I just can’t believe it’s been allowed to be set up. I feel let down that there are people in this world who would laugh at such a sad event as losing a baby.

“These people should think about what they are doing before putting up these things.

“This happens to real people and they’ve been through enough hurt and pain without having to go through this.

It’s disgusting. Facebook has got to look at this and monitor these sorts of groups.

“I’ve not been able to read the comments on the site because I can’t bring myself to look at it. It needs to be stopped”

Debbie has needed counselling since the death or

her daughter and has had to give up her job as a child minder.

She was among more than 16,000 people to join a forum calling for Facebook to ban the group.

A spokeswoman for the site confirmed they had banned the original group, and added that any other offensive groups would be monitored.

She said: “The group violated our terms of use and has been removed.

“Facebook will remove any groups which are violent or threatening.

“Facebook has a dedicated team which looks for violations of its terms of use.

“We also actively encourage users to report any material they find offensive or inappropriate.”